Consider Quote by Kim Edwards

I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.

— Tess Gerritsen

I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.

— Lana Del Rey

I'm still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more.

— Michael Morpurgo

I may not have become a good writer, but I managed to make a living out of writing.

— Ruskin Bond

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

I've basically thought of myself as a writer, whether I was or not.

— Bob Schieffer

I love being a writer so much that I almost can't believe that I am one.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay

I was born a writer. When that happens, you have no choice in the matter.

— Gore Vidal

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

— Kate Morton